Heroic Spirit: I, Shinji, have tried my best.

"…So this is your last resort?"

"Yes."

"..."

Shinji pinched his chin and began to look at the girl with gradient hair color in front of him. She was the [Commander] who had communicated with them before.

According to what the other party said, the 13th [Cluster] they were in had been reorganized with other [Clusters] because most of the machines were seriously damaged, and she, the [Commander], had been dismissed...

No, rather than being dismissed, it should be said that he was assigned a more important task:

[Pay close attention to the behavior of special human individuals and try to analyze the energy that the body uc207Pr4f57t9 calls [heart]]

…How closely?

The other party’s answer is [zero distance]…even if conditions permit, [negative distance] is also possible…

Then Shinji heard those nostalgic words again:

"Please join me in carrying out the act of human reproduction."

"..."

Well, I can only say that you are worthy of being an Ex-Machina.

However, the one who had the biggest reaction was not Shinji, but Hubie who was standing next to him:

"Dah!"

Xubi hurriedly ran up to stop the Mecha girl who kept getting closer to Shinji, and protected Shinji behind him with his arms open as if protecting a calf.

"Shinji can't do this with you!"

Then he turned around and warned Shinji with a serious face:

"She is in a linked state now. If you do anything to her, Shinji, it will be equivalent to doing it to the entire Ex-Machina..."

"!"

Shinji was shocked. There is such a thing!?

Hiss~ It seems a bit exciting...

Hubie was stunned by the excitement on Shinji's face, and then immediately continued:

"There are still many male individuals in the Ex-Machina species. They will also receive this memory. What you do will be recorded as a video and kept forever in the Ex-Machina database for all future machines to visit and study..."

"!"

Damn, this is a bit unacceptable...

When Shubi saw the excitement on Shinji's face disappear instantly and then turn into a look of disgust, he immediately felt relieved.

However, the mechanical girl who was accused by Shubi did not refute it. After all, this was the fact. Instead, she tilted her head and looked at Shinji with a puzzled look:

"…Is it not possible?"

"Of course not!"

“…I don’t understand. Is it because of human shame?”

"It has nothing to do with that. This itself is not something that can be accepted. Well, do I have that weird XP..."

Shinji wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. As expected, these Ex-Machinas were trouble. He thought that Xuebi was an isolated case, but he didn't expect that all of them were like this.

After he recovered from this incident, Shinji began to look at the other party again. After all, the Ex-Machina was a pretty good helper, and its usefulness was even greater than some superior races.

That means they must accept the other party's request, and they are just living together. At most, there will be a small camera next to them, which is not unacceptable, and...

She had smooth blue and white gradient medium-short hair, and on her head, there was a mechanical headdress different from Shubi's, but with two earphone-like devices. She was wearing the standard semi-naked outfit of the Ex-Machina, except that she had an extra black battle suit on her upper body.

Then Shinji's eyes were focused on the physical features that were different from those of humans... There was still no specific gender. Although it looked much bigger than Shubi, it still had a flat chest.

It seemed that in their opinion, such a large mass of fat had no use other than interfering in combat.

"what your name?"

"【Answer】The serial number of this machine is uc006Pr1h32t0..."

"Not that... I mean something like 'Hubby'. You can pick one for yourself."

"call?"

The mechanical girl stared at Shinji in confusion for a while, and then attacked again under Hughie's nervous gaze:

"Please give me a [name]."

"…Why do you want me to come here? It's so troublesome…"

Shinji scratched his head helplessly, he wasn't good at naming... But then he looked at the girl, thinking about what name to give her.

The other party's appearance is impeccable. The Mecha race is handsome except for their flat chests. However, the voice is different from the soft and gentlemanly voice of Shubi. Instead, there is a hint of coldness in the words. The behavior is also more swift and decisive, giving the feeling of a soldier...

“…You can just call me Ashe.”

"Ai…Xi?"

"That's right. If you don't suggest it, I will call you by this name from now on."

"Ai... Xi... [Command input in progress...], [Modification completed]."

The girl closed her eyes slightly, then slowly opened them after a while, stretched out her hand in Shinji's direction, and said in a cold but gentle tone:

"Ashe...please give me your guidance!"

Shinji was stunned for a moment, inwardly impressed by the intelligence of the Ex-Machina, and then held the smaller hand seal:

"You can just call me Shinji from now on. Thank you for your guidance!"

……

"Hmm..."

"…What's wrong? Are you still sulking?"

"Humph!"

In the evening, at the human base where Chronicles was, Shinji finally ate bran again... As expected, the food here where there were women was much better than those places where there were only men.

However, no matter how big the difference in food was, Shinji would not delay his plan because of it, so after reaching a consensus with the Mechas, he planned to take Ashe back with him.

But just as they were about to leave, Chloe came running over with a letter, saying that they didn't have to go back...

Shinji opened the letter and saw that it was from Riku. The other party already knew the situation here. After briefly expressing Shinji's shock at defeating the Dragon Spirits and his joy at making friends with the Mechas, he began to talk about the key points:

[…Listen, Shinji, our current situation has exceeded our expectations in all aspects, and the plan has entered the late stage. The next step is also the most difficult one.]

[The elves have already won over the fairy species and several fantasy species to form an alliance, and the goblins have also formed an alliance with the giants, intending to fight the elves to the death in the center of the continent... But this is still not the most critical, because that guy... the most troublesome guy has taken action! ]

Seeing this, Shinji's eyes suddenly became fierce... Is it finally coming? The God of War, who is considered to be the strongest in the world...

[…So you don’t have to come back next. We have already dispatched all the [Ghosts] to start the final finishing work. When you see this letter, I will have left. We will provide you with the information as soon as we have it…]

[…But this is all we can do. I will coordinate all the available forces here to arrange the situation, but the rest depends on you… The last step of the plan is to intensify the war, induce the God of War to release an attack that destroys all living things, and finally penetrate the [Elf Corridor] in the center of the planet, allowing the [Star Cup] to descend into the world!]

“…We’ve finally reached this final step, but now I have nothing to do except wait here.”

Even though he was now full of passion and wanted to go directly to fight the God of War, it would not only be of no use, but it might even destroy their long-accumulated preparations.

So after understanding the current situation, Shinji could only stay here with peace of mind, and recuperating was his current task.

But there is one thing worth mentioning. In the evening, when he asked Hubie to take a bath together as usual, he was rejected for the first time!

I saw that Hyuuga had a puffed face as if he was upset and looked like he didn't want to pay any attention to Shinji. This was really strange...

"...Shubi was the one who named himself. Shinji didn't even name him...Shubi shouldn't be called Shubi anymore. Shubi needs to change his name!"

“…Hahaha! Don’t be angry about this anymore. Hughie is such a great name. I can’t come up with such a great name.”

"That won't work either. Hubie wants Shinji to take it!"

"Then... your name is Hubie, is that okay?"

Hearing that the other party actually threw the name back exactly as it was, Hubie turned around angrily and glared at Shinji, but then she thought that if the name was really changed, she would feel uncomfortable, so she had to take this step...

"…Then this time, Hubie will reluctantly forgive Shinji…"

Shinji couldn't help but laugh at Shubi's awkward look:

"Do you still want to take a shower now?"

"…go!"